Bao Tong: Guo Wengui & ‘Chinese Characteristics’

Bao Tong, once an aide to former CCP General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, was arrested in Beijing on May 28, 1989, just days before Zhao resigned in protest of Deng Xiaoping’s use of military force against pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. Bao was sentenced to 7 years in prison in 1992 for “revealing state secrets and counter-revolutionary propagandizing,” and became the highest ranking official to be charged in relation to the 1989 movement. After serving his full term in solitary confinement, Bao continues to be under the close watch of authorities, and nevertheless speaks out on sensitive issues such as official corruption, civil rights, free expression, and the Dalai Lama.

In a series of recent tweets Bao Tong signaled his approval of fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui‘s ongoing social-media fueled campaign of allegations against top Chinese officials and business people: